Peter.

MALIBRAN, a French singer and actress. She died in 1836, when only 28
years old.

What does "he walked as if moving on air" mean?

BREATHLESS = _breath_+_less_, without breath, out of breath;
holding the breath on account of great interest.

BREATHLESSLY, in a breathless manner. Use _breath, breathless,
breathlessly,_ in sentences of your own.

Pronounce separately the two similar consonant sounds coming together in
the following words and phrases:

humming; meanness; is sure; his spirit; send down; this shows; eyes
sparkled; wept together; frequent trials.

Memory Gems:

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

_St. Francis of Assisi._

Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good.
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.

_Tennyson_.

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_18_

SEPTEMBER.

The golden-rod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.

The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun.

The sedges flaunt their harvest
In every meadow nook;
And asters by the brookside
Make asters in the brook.

From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes' sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies.

By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.

_Helen Hunt Jackson._

[Footnote: Copyright, Little, Brown & Co., Publishers.]

[Illustration:]

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sedges, coarse grasses which grow in marshy places.

Tell what the following expressions mean: dewy lanes; best of cheer;
sedges flaunt their harvest.

How do "Asters by the brookside make asters in the brook"?

Give in your own words the tokens of September mentioned in the poem.
Can you name any others?

Memorize the poem. What do you know of the author?

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_19_

tat'ter
wreathed
Ken tuck' y
de scend'ed
re cess'
home' stead
en rap' tured
Penn syl va' ni a

"MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME."

"My Old Kentucky Home" was written by Stephen Collins Foster, a res